CHAPTER 53
EMBERLYNN’S PO
I bring my wrist to my face and check the time again, its 6 already
“Okay, everything should be set for the dinner by now, anything still cooking by now isn’t for this dinner”, I say as I walk into the kitchen
The chef I hired smiles at me and opens up whatever he is cooking over the fire, but it’s on really high heat
“We’re all done, and if I dare say so myself but this is delicious, one of my best work yet your husband will enjoy it ma’am”, he says with a smile
“Keep going that way and I might keep you for myself”, I say moving closer to the wonderful aroma emitting from whatever he has cooking
“And I would love to stay but you know if an artist doesn’t feel at home he doesn’t produce his best work”, he says and I shake my head
From Luca to Aria to even Kelly, all said this place wasn’t homely, well Aria d
CHAPTER 54LUCA’S POV“It’s pretty late”, Aria says bringing her wrist to her hands she gasps, “Wow, it’s later than we thought”, she says gathering her stuff.I take my phone from my pocket and almost mirror Aria’s expression a while ago, I've got 34 missed calls from Emb, numerous messages, the first few were messages saying not to forget and dinner smells heavenly and then the message tone got to annoyed and then worried and surprisingly it stopped, my eyes go to the extreme right and I see its 2am already.“Ðamn it really is late, Emb has been trying to reach me, I totally forgot about the dinner and I didn’t put my phone on vibrate, it was totally on silent”, I exclaim to Aria.“I didn’t remember either, she’s going to be pretty pissed”, she says and I shrug.“I won’t deny that at first I got a bit nervous thinking of how pissed she will be but
CHAPTER 55ARIA’S POV“You're pregnant too?”The test falls as my hands shake and I turn to find it, my heart going a million paces at the same time.Calm down I speak internally, it’s not like she knows who you are carrying for, random names, random names, I start repeating in my mind, trying to figure out one to use, James, Reese, Godwin, damn these aren’t names she will believe.“Here”, she says and I turn and see her standing there in all her princess glory, and my test result in her hands, the two red lines glaring at me, at this moment I think of how I should have listened to my mind when it told me that I should have waited till I went back to the town house, but I was anxious for it, I remembered Luca’s utter joy when he talked about our future and I didn’t want to disappoint him, at no time did I want him to think Emb was better than I.“Thank you”, I said cleaning my sweaty palm
CHAPTER 56EMBERLYNN’S POV“What?” he says as soon as I enter the room, I shrug pretending I didn’t purposely turn the dye into the shampoo bottle, now his hair is all pink and he can’t run out as he probably did want to.“Don’t glare at me”, I say with a pout, “You know there is no way I could have done that purposely, I was thinking of dying my hair and when I changed my mind I decided to not waste it”, I say.Even to my ear that doesn’t sound believable but I'm going with it nevertheless, there is no way he was expecting me to leave him be after the two shocks I received today.Well, expected is not the right word to use this time because he doesn’t know I know about he and Aria, to worsen the situation Aria is pregnant, I mean ARIA IS PREGNANT!!!I haven’t even had time to process that bit of information, I mean for how long has this been going on for her to be p
CHAPTER 57LUCA’S POV“Yes, it’s my wife, we were leaving to the super mart and she suddenly slipped from the stairs I tried to give her a hand but I was too late, now the pain is unbearable so she just keeps turning in circles, I'm scared, I don’t want us to lose our baby”, I lament into the call I made to emergency.“Yes sir, we are with you and the ambulance have been dispatched, they will be there shortly, try to calm your wife, maybe take her through some breathing exercises”, the operator say and I nod.“Oh, I nodded I forgot it was a call, hold on”, I say into the call as I descend the stairs, I finally get to where she is, she sincerely have been going in circles I'm just not sure she knows she is doing that, “Baby, breathe, try and breath”, I say as I look at her, all this is for the benefit of the operator.“Yes ma, try and take strong brea
CHAPTER 58ARIA’S POV“So now tell me all that happened today in clear terms”, I say as soon as we get into the town house, it’s been a long process, mostly because we had to branch the firm but before that Luca had to dye his hair back to its black, only then could we put on our act at the company and finally we were home.“Before I answer this can I pull of and relax, it’s been a long day and I was sure you would understand since you were right there”, he says side stepping me and going into the kitchen.I follow him and watch as he takes a deep gulp from the bottle of water he picked from the fridge, he squeezes it when he’s done and tosses it in the trash, then he climbs the few steps to the bedroom, I keep following him and watch as he pulls his shirt first, he glances at me before he pulls of his trousers.And without another word still he moves to the bathroom, I hear the shower and I finally slump on th
CHAPTER 59LUCA’S POVAs soon as I step into the hospital I feel the restlessness I had felt as soon as I received the doctor’s call return in ten fold.It had been a month since the accident happened, at home Aria and I have been fine but the office has been in chaos, I thought Kelly will be an easy person to defeat but surprising she had grit.She fought my allegations and kept insisting that I must have had something to do with Emb’s accident the same as William’s, my major saving grace had been Aria, she kept insisting that Emb told her about it and that’s why the board had been a tiny bit calm.It has affected deals and contracts and it all comes back to bite me, no one care that I'm not getting free reign all they care about is that I'm not paying attention, how I will is beyond me.If I'm not facing the headache at work I have to face the Doctors breathing down my neck for not visiting every day, how on earth do I ha
CHAPTER 60 EMBERLYNN’S POV “Don’t you remember me, Emb? I'm Luca, your husband” I stare at the huge man that just walked in, well he’s really not that huge, easily 6 ft. 1, but he’s not all that muscular, he’s alright though, and fine too, I landed such a fine man, I must have had a good life then. I think I also had money, the doctor had been giving me special treatment too, but what I hate most is the pity, at least this man who claims we are married isn’t looking with pity, but there is something in his eyes, I can’t figure it yet but it seems dangerous. “My name is Emberlynn?” I say picking that to dwell on. “Yes, we all call you Emb, its shorter, your dad wanted you to have a royal name”, he says with a tender smile coming closer, making me think I imagined the expression in his eyes earlier. “Wow, where’s my dad?” I ask and his expression changes instantly. “Funny how you ignored the husband part”, he says sitting
CHAPTER 61ARIA’S POVI look at the screen of my phone and sigh when I see that none of my calls have been returned, I resume my pacing, toying with my phone to keep my hands busy.I felt like if my hand wasn’t busy I might find Mrs. Marilyn and choke her for this drama play she has been putting us through or maybe Kelly would be a better candidate.All of a sudden the bitch won’t shut up about her allegations, killing her wasn’t an option apparently, every one will know it was done by Luca even if it turns out it might be me.Early this morning I was so sure the meeting that was cancelled was planned by Mrs. Marilyn, Lord knows what she told the man to have him cancel in on us.Well, that passed or I thought it did till I saw Luca rush out of here like his ass was on fire, that happened like at 9 and now it’s 12, he’s still not taking his calls, hasn’t appeared back, won’t return the damn calls even w